Macbeth

[ muhk-beth, mak- ]

noun

1. died 1057, king of Scotland 1040–57.
2. (italics) a tragedy (1606?) by Shakespeare.

Macbeth

/ mæk-; məkˈbɛθ /

noun

1. Macbeth1057MScottishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler died 1057, king of Scotland (1040–57): succeeded Duncan, whom he killed in battle; defeated and killed by Duncan's son Malcolm III

Macbeth

1. A tragedy by William Shakespeare , in which the Scottish nobleman Macbeth, misled by the prophecy of three witches and goaded on by his wife, murders the king and usurps the throne. Well-known lines from the play include “ Lay on, Macduff ” and “ Out, damned spot! ”

Example Sentences

Her prophesy—that Macbeth will become king—is one he gradually takes to heart, writing of it in a letter he sends home to his wife, McDormand’s Lady Macbeth.

From Time

Coen shows her to us, and to Macbeth, in a triplicate mirage.

From Time

“There’s an emphasis on everything being useful far into the future,” Macbeth said.

From Quanta Magazine

Macbeth still remembers the first time she tried a proof assistant.

From Quanta Magazine

“Many fields of advanced math require every kind of math you learn as an undergraduate,” Macbeth said.

From Quanta Magazine

It was a review of Lady Macbeth, and it dripped with malice.

From The Daily Beast

He had married, and had an affair, while he was writing Lady Macbeth, and the opera was alive with sexuality.

From The Daily Beast

I remember being like, “I want to do Shakespeare,” and she suggested Macbeth.

From The Daily Beast

At times she looks demonic—screaming and thrashing like an overacted Lady Macbeth.

From The Daily Beast

Judi Dench takes on the role of Lady Macbeth in the 1979 film Macbeth.

From The Daily Beast

"I am not Lady Macbeth," said Isabel, with a tremor in her own voice, as she entered and blew out the candle.

From Project Gutenberg

That which would have disheartened and disarmed other men, seemed only to animate him with all Macbeth's wild courage of despair.

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Lady Macbeth was her great part; in that she was painted both by Romney and Lawrence.

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We have two studies of such a state of irresolution, in Macbeth and Brutus.

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But if, as Macbeth says, such jobs are to be done at all, then it is well they were done quickly.

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